All the Team USA Olympians Who Are Dating in Real Life

When it comes to chemistry at the Olympics, it’s easy to see on the ice, when figure skaters dip, lift, and spin each other around the rink (that's not to mention when their routine is so sexy it has to be toned down for the Games). As it turns out, some of the pairs you see competing are couples off the rink too—as are a number of other Olympic athletes, many of whom even share the same sport. Read on for seven Olympian couples representing Team USA this year who are together in real life too.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates

Although they've known each other for more than a decade, ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates have been skating together as a pair only since 2011. They took their relationship off the rink last year, when Bates told Chock he loved her, which "changed things a lot." However there was some foreshadowing to this romance: The two went on a date for Chock's sixteenth birthday nine years ago, Bates says.

"Skating together is something that we love doing, and we love doing it together," Chock told NBC. "Now,we’re together on and off the ice, and it makes it even more powerful. It feels completely genuine and real…. It brings us closer together every day."

Nic Taylor and Elana Meyers Taylor

This bobsledding Olympic couple met on the phone in 2011. According to CNN, Elana was working for the U.S. bobsled federation at the time, and she had to chat to Nic about his paperwork (he'd just completed tryouts). They wound up staying on the phone for hours, and in 2013 he proposed to her on the medal podium at the world championships. The next year they got married in, yes, a bobsled-themed ceremony (complete with a "secret bobsled handshake" as they exchanged vows) before racing together for the first time as half of a four-man crew. This year Elana is a pilot for Team USA, and Nic is a replacement athlete.

Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim

This married figure-skating couple started their story up with a major success: Alexa and Chris Knierim paired up to win the U.S. pairs title in 2015, getting hitched the following year (adorably, their coach was the officiant). They're the first married U.S. couple to hit the ice together in 20 years.

“I think the difference between us and any other team is that we can make people feel something when we skate,” Chris toldCosmo. “We’ve been told a lot of different times that people felt the emotions we’re trying to portray when we skate together. I think that’s our biggest asset—we can still make someone in the audience feel something when were skating and feel that it’s real. Not that we’re acting.”

Sarah Hendrickson and Torin Yater-Wallace

Sarah Hendrickson is a ski jumper for Team USA, but her counterpart on the slopes after practice is Torin Yater-Wates, an American freestyle halfpipe skier also competing in the PyeongChange Games this year. The pair has been dating for more than two years, so this marks their first of hopefully many Olympics as a couple. "Dreamed of it, worked for it, fought for it," Hendrickson posted on Instagram when they both wound up making the cut. "We are BOTH going to #pyeongchang2018 I am beyond inspired to be in your life to push each other and support each other. #Olympiandate @torinyw"

Jamie Anderson and Tyler Nicholson

Slopestyle snowboarder Jamie Anderson is back at the Olympics this year after taking gold at the sport's inaugural competition at the 2014 Sochi Games. This time she's taking her boyfriend, Tyler Nicholson, along on the Olympic ride: He'll be competing for Team Canada as a snowboarder. Nicholson joined the country's national team as its youngest member for the 2013–14 season but didn't qualify for the Sochi Games.

"He is very supportive and he is a big part of my life," Anderson told NBC. "We push and train with each other—makes it that much more fun."

Oksana Masters and Aaron Pike

Oksana, a cross-country skier (and rower in warmer times of the year), is returning for her third Paralympics this year, representing Team USA in cross-country skiing and biathlon. (She also does road cycling in the summer Games.) Meanwhile, her boyfriend, Aaron Pike, will compete for the U.S. for the fourth time—in the exact same sports. (He also made the marathon team in Rio.)

“You have your best friend, your partner, and then you have your training buddy,” Pike told Elite Daily. "You both hold each other accountable. You kind of rub off on each other and motivate each other in different ways."

OK, so technically ice-dancing partners Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue are no longer together, though they're still competing as pairs on ice—but we included them because the story is just too good. Once upon a time, Hubbell and Donohue used to date. Cute, right? But they broke up because they decided being skating partners and IRL partners was untenable, and they chose skating. Then Hubbell started dating Spanish ice dancer Adria Diaz (he was in Sochi but not PyeongChang) and Donohue started dating Diaz's partner. To top it off, they all train in the same city, Montreal.